Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc package, versions <2.27-4
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-517983
- published 18 May 2018
- disclosed 18 May 2018
Introduced: 18 May 2018
CVE-2018-11237 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.27-4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11237
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44750/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23196
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104256
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-11237
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